Samsung Reportedly Drops OLED Patent Case Against LG

source: www.thenextweb.com - author: Paul Sawers

It’s difficult to keep track of all the ongoing litigation and legal battles across the technology realm, but it seems that two tech titans have finally put one feud to bed, one that dates back to 2011.

There’s no indication as of yet whether cross-licensed OLED patents formulated part of Samsung’s decision to drop the patent suit as was initially indicated. Samsung Display Chief Executive Kim Ki-nam had previously raised the potential for patent licensing:

“Overall, we are considering cross-licensing patents. That will help the two companies compete with better products in the global market.”

One feud leads to another…

But as one feud ends, another one has seemingly begun. As we noted yesterday, LG and Samsung are now locking horns over eye-tracking patents in the wake of the feature appearing on the new Samsung Galaxy S4, which allows users to read Web pages, pause and play videos and perform other actions without their hands. A day before the Galaxy S4 was unveiled, LG also announced it would introduce an update in April to bring the scrolling feature to the Optimus G Pro.

The upshot of all this, is that LG has claimed that it applied for a number of eye-recognition technology patents back in August 2009. A company rep told the Yonhap that it will review potential patent infringement when the Galaxy S4 is finally launched next month.